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A 6 page research paper that presents a scenario involving a 12-year-old offender and then presents possible sentencing options. The writer argues in favor of keeping the boy in the juvenile justice system, rather than trying him as an adult. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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possession of an alcoholic beverage and unlawful possession of a controlled substance. The victim in this case is a fourteen-year-old girl whose brother caught the accused in the act of
sexually assaulting his sister who had been beaten with the heel of shoe. The juvenile insists that the alcohol and marijuana were already in the home and that the sex
was consensual. The scenario does not say if the juvenile offered any explanation for the battery assault. The juvenile has prior detentions for violating curfew, truancy and attempted sexual battery.
He is a "latchkey kid" from a single-parent household and, due to his mothers work schedule, is alone from early afternoon to late evening. Assuming that the juvenile is indeed
guilty on all counts, how should a juvenile court judge rule? In order to see this question in perspective, it is first necessary to explore the nature of the
American juvenile justice system. This system can be defined as "all government or government-funded agencies that investigate, supervise, adjudicate, care for, confine or treat youth" who are subject the juvenile
courts jurisdiction (Overview, 2004). There is considerable variation in the manner in which cases are handled between states and jurisdictions, with the most common difference being the factor of age
(Overview, 2004). The age of majority, that is, the age at which the defendant is considered an adult differs from state to state. Thirty-nine states set regard 18 as the
age of majority, 8 states set it at 17, 3 set it at 16 (Overview, 2004). All fifty states, including the District of Columbia as well as all federal
courts, have provisions for waivers that permit a juvenile to be tried as an adult. Here again, however, the minimum age of transfer differs from state to state. Seventeen states
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